Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.